Spearheaded by freshman Sydney McLaughlin, Union Catholic won its first Union County Relays title in school history yesterday at the Jersey City Armory.

McLaughlin helped Union Catholic to a win in the 4x200-meter relay, a second-place finish in the shuttle hurdles and runner-up tallies in the sprint medley and the 4x400 as it edged Union, 48-40 .

The team win snapped Union's two-year winning streak as county relay champion.

"It's special because it's never been done before," McLaughlin said. "The girls have worked so hard and it means so much for us to accomplish something."

In the 4x200, McLaughlin ran the second leg in 25.4 and Jordan Coverson held off Union's Jennifer Edobi in the anchor leg to win in 1:46.67 -- the second-fastest time in meet history behind Union's time of 1:45.66 in 2013. Last night, Union was runner-up in 1:46.84.

"I felt (Edobi) behind me and I could even feel her breathing," Coverson said. "I knew that there was no letting up and I had to really go for it to the finish. My coach told us yesterday that if we made no mistakes, we'd have a chance to win and that's what we did -- we made no mistakes."

With a 10-point lead heading into the final event and needing a top-six finish in the 4x400 to clinch the school's first ever championship, McLaughlin anchored Union Catholic to a second-place finish behind Union, who won in a meet-record time of 4:06.97, besting its own record of 4:07.4 from 2013.

"My mindset was just to finish, not to overdue it and that a win was going to be a win for us," McLaughlin said. "I just mentally prepare myself for whoever I'm going against, and I go for it when I feel strong enough and when it's the right time."

Edobi got the better of Union Catholic in the sprint medley, as the senior ran the anchor leg in 2:24.4 to spark Union to the come-from-behind win. Edobi took the baton for the final 800 with a small deficit, but erased it for the victory in 4:21.78 -- the No. 2 time in meet history. Union holds the record at 4:19.25, set last year.

Union Catholic placed second in the 55 hurdles in 34.58 as McLaughlin ran the third leg in an impressive 7.3. Suzenie St. Germain lifted Linden to the win in 33.9 as she came back after McLaughlin had given Union Catholic a momentary lead.

Summit finished fourth, sparked by a win in the distance medley and a third-place finish in the sprint medley. Gillian McIlroy anchored the distance medley victory with a 5:24.3 split in the 1,600 as Summit won in 13:03.75.

Kent Place won the high jump and added a pair of runner-up finishes in the 4x800 and the distance medley to finish third behind Union Catholic and Union in the team race.